should i replate?
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should i replate?
so im pretty sure i know they answer.. yes.. but just want to make sure before i send it to langcourt for new wiseco/replate. Its and 03 200 with what looks to be a stock cast piston.
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doesn't look too bad. can you feel any ridge/lip with your fingernail? any groove/scratch anywhere?
Plating looks a bit thin on the bridge.
Might be borderline for 1 season, depends on how hard and how much you ride...
If you got the $$$ to do it, do it. better safe than sorry
Plating looks a bit thin on the bridge.
Might be borderline for 1 season, depends on how hard and how much you ride...
If you got the $$$ to do it, do it. better safe than sorry
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Need to get a better pic of this
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so to my untrained eye this thing looks beat up.. how do those vertical 'striations' for lack of a better term not effect anything? also the edges of the ports are kinda rounded; is that a big deal?
on a side note im soooo excited to get this all done. I still have a TON of work to do.. but i havent ridden in like a month and im anxious!! cant wait til i feel the difference a rb head/carb mod and kx forks makes to my little 2 hundo.
on a side note im soooo excited to get this all done. I still have a TON of work to do.. but i havent ridden in like a month and im anxious!! cant wait til i feel the difference a rb head/carb mod and kx forks makes to my little 2 hundo.
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What do you expect the cylinder to look like after a piston has been going up and down in there about a gazillion times
Hit it with some scotchbrite and get back to us
Hit it with some scotchbrite and get back to us
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Don't be confused. Some of us demand *perfection*, and some of us (me) only demand "good enough". Sure, if you have the scratch and the desire, go ahead and send it out for a re-plate job, but, IMO, that cylinder looks just fine to run for a long time to come.
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OK, I'll be the one to say go ahead and re-plated. IMO, it looks to be getting near the end of it's service life. Also, do you plan on tearing apart the top end anytime soon again? If not, get it plated!
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I bet ya haven't even scotchbrited the damn thing yet have ya?
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